Tilting machine or bottle-holder.



8. A. BERGER.

TILiTING MACHINE 0R BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION nuzo MAY 7. 1915.

- Patented June 27, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I-v B. A. BERGER.

TILTING MACHINE 0R BOTTLE HOLDER.-

' APPLICATION man MAY 1. 1915.

1 ,1 88,61 0, Q Patented June 27,1916.

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BRUNO ALBERT BERGER, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOB, TD BERGER SPECIALTY- MANUFACTURING COMIANY, ING., OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, A GORPORKTION 0F VIRGINIA.

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TILTING MACHINE OR BOTTLE-HOLDER.

Application filed May 7, 1915. Serial No. 23,595.

useful Improvements in Tilting Machines or Bottle-Holders, of which the following is a specification. I

The invention relates to an improved holder for water containers. and the like,

constructed with a view to permitting a proper tilting of the holder to deliver the fluid from the container.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of a holder of this type, in which the container may be readily placed and secured against accidental displacement, the holder as an entirety being constructed for collapsing to permit its occupying comparatively small space when not desired for use.

The invention in the preferred form of details will be described in the following specification, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which z- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holders, the same being shown in operative position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a: perspective View of the holder collapsed. Fig. t is a perspective view of a modified form of holder; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a furtherform of the holder. Fig. 7 is a section on line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, the improved holder com? prises a supporting frame 1 including duplicate U-shaped metallic strips 2 and 3, the.

terminals of: the free ends of the arms of such strips being formed with longitudinally extending bearing recesses 4. The respective frame strips may be braced as at 5 if desired, and so connected by spreading the strip (3 pivotally connected to each frame and adapted when in operative position to hold the bottom of the crossbars of the frame spread or in spaced relation to provide a suitable supporting base.

A cage 7 is arranged to cooperate with i the supporting frame, and comprises a circular member 8, from which. depend U- shaped strips 9 having their upper free ends secured to the section 8 and their cross bars disposed in right angled relation and riveted to provide the bottom of the cage. The up right portions of the U-strips are preferably inwardly curved in order to bear against the container and aid in preventing it from accidental displacement from the cage.

At an appropriate point in the length of two of the opposing uprights of the U-strips areprovided trunnions 10, designed to rotatablysupport the cage in a manner to be later described. One of the uprights is can tended above the ring section 8 and provided with a retainer in the form of a ring 11, designed to engage the neck 12 of the liquid container 13, and an extensible spring Ll connecting said ring and a hook engaging the extended portion of the upright of the strip.

The cage is rotatably supported in the frame by engaging the trunnions in the slots at the upper ends. of the U-shaped frame bars, the slots of adjacent bars being brought into. registry and by reason of the angular relation of the. bars with respect to each other, the registry of theslots forms in efiect a partial lock to prevent vertical movement of the-trunnions.

Referring particularly to Figs. 4 and 5, it

.will be noted that the modified form of ea c the ca e trunnions when within the slots serving to lock the strips with relation to each other and to hold the trunnions against accidental displacement. The lower en s of the frames are connected by spreading strips 17 which may be arranged as described in connection with the preferred structure or if desired may be pivotally secured at their respective ends to the U- frames and to each other, thereby providing a spreading strip which in effect centrally hinges to permit the desired folding.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown a slightly different form of holder in which a structure of the frame strips, spreading strips and connecting parts is similar to that previously described. In this type. the relatively upper ends of the uprights of the U- frames are formed with openings in which 'latented June 27, 19 6.

is secured a ferrule or sleeve 18 more or less SEA. .1.

ferent points, as shown. The spreading strips 19 in this form may be of the hinged type'or removably connected at one end as in the preferred form. The cage in this instance has removably headed trnnnions 20 which are adapted to be passed through the bearing sleevesfrom the outer ends and removably fixed to the cage in an appropriate manner. With the containers in place,

the cage 'maybe tilted to deliver the fluid from thecontainer as may be desired, the ccntainer being held against accidental displacement in the cage in the manner described.

What is claimed is i A holder for Water containers including a skeleton frame, a skeleton cage removably connected to the frame for swinging move- BRUNO ALBERT BERGER.

\Vitnesses C. E, LUMPKIN, ALLEN G. COLLINS. 

